Tag Archives: Bourbon

Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Bourbon Review

Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Bourbon

Updated October 29, 2018 By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Treaty Oak Distilling was founded in 2006 by Daniel Barnes in Dripping Springs, Texas, and is comprised of a mixture of talent coming from distillers, sommeliers, botanists and architects. Treaty Oak’s Ghost Hill Texas Bourbon Whiskey is named after the 28 acre ranch that hosts Treaty Oak. The mashbill is ...

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Four Roses 130th Anniversary Small Batch Bourbon Review

Four Roses 130th Anniversary

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A According to Four Roses lore, in 1884 Paul Jones Jr., a successful whiskey distiller and ex-Confederate army officer, was enamored with a Southern belle beauty. Jones sent his beloved a handwritten proposal of marriage prior to escorting her to a grand ball. She playfully replied that if her answer were to be “yes,” a ...

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Coppercraft Straight Bourbon Review

Coppercraft Straight Bourbon

By Richard Thomas Rating: B The craft movement is now 10 to 12 years old, but even the earliest entrants haven’t introduced whiskeys several years or a decade old. This is because most of those early micro-distilleries were using barrels so small that aging even a year would leave the whiskey cloyingly over-oaked. Those that weren’t relying exclusively on small ...

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Pairing Whisky And Oysters

By Richard Thomas During the more than a decade I spent living in Washington, DC, I learned to have one more reason to anticipate the coming of autumn: oysters were in season in the Chesapeake Bay. As I learned in year after year of gorging on oysters on the half shell, the best drink to pair with them is whisky. ...

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Michter’s Bringing Out 20 Year Old Bourbon After Two Year Wait

Michter’s Master Distiller Pamela Heilmann and Michter’s Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson have decided to release Michter’s 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon this year. The last release of this Michter’s offering occurred two years ago in November 2016. “We’re really proud of our 20 year and older offerings,” commented Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “They come from stocks that we ...

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